Whoa....wasn't looking to start a whole argument about the series or the game. The main question was trying to find out how far I was in the game. I'm in the middle of that forest just defeated a boss and am heading south so far. Maybe 80% done with the main game not sure

It's just an attempt to validate buying that piece of shit called the Wii. If Xenoblade had been on PS3 or xbob, or even pc, it would have been AT BEST a mediocre title. For some reason, when you have a mediocre game on the Wii, it becomes amazing.

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This is the biggest load of horseshit I have read all week.

I played Xenoblade with the classic controller. Could just have easily have been played with the 360 controller or Dual shock and the game would still have been fuck awesome.

It's just an attempt to validate buying that piece of shit called the Wii. If Xenoblade had been on PS3 or xbob, or even pc, it would have been AT BEST a mediocre title. For some reason, when you have a mediocre game on the Wii, it becomes amazing.

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This is the biggest load of horseshit I have read all week.

I played Xenoblade with the classic controller. Could just have easily have been played with the 360 controller or Dual shock and the game would still have been fuck awesome.

I agree with Lard. I NEVER play my Wii, dusted it off for Xenoblade in December and thought it was a fantastic game.

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"This is your fault. I'm going to kill you. And all the cake is gone. You don't even care, do you?"

It's just an attempt to validate buying that piece of shit called the Wii. If Xenoblade had been on PS3 or xbob, or even pc, it would have been AT BEST a mediocre title. For some reason, when you have a mediocre game on the Wii, it becomes amazing.

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This is the biggest load of horseshit I have read all week.

I played Xenoblade with the classic controller. Could just have easily have been played with the 360 controller or Dual shock and the game would still have been fuck awesome.

I don't disagree with you often Lard, but I have to now. Xenoblade would not have been as popular on any other console at all. The level of content would have been incredibly lackluster. Do I agree Xenoblade wasn't a bad game, absolutely. It offered a solid story, great music, and impressive visuals. Did the game have faaaaaarrrrrrr to many fetch quests, without a fucking doubt. Would I have said the same positives about it if it were an xbob or pstriple title, no fucking chance. It and the last story made the Wii almost tolerable this generation.

I really can't word it any better than how I did. None of the rpgs I've played on xbob and ps3 were so terribly lacking...except maybe Ar Tonelico Qoga which was a horrible game itself. Xenoblade's content was the story and those lame fetch quests. I can't help but feel that if this were developed for xbob or ps3, there would have been more to it, maybe seceret dungeons or a casino or a set of mini quests for special weapons....anything to feel like all the mind numbing grinding was worth something.

I doubt I can ever get enough of saying this, but those fucking fetch quests took a great game and made it suck for me.

There are some parts of the game that really might've been impractical on Wii, or at least would require very clever development staff.

And honestly, in this case Agent D's right. Half the appeal of Uncharted was how it pushed the PS3's Cell processor, and by going to 360 that might have been compromised, and if it went to Wii it absolutely would have. But this isn't really something that applies to Xenoblade, as I noted it probably would've been about as popular, at worst SLIGHTLY less so. It's the latest game from the Xeno team, and it's during a period where good JRPGs are scarce, just look at how rabid people got over Ni No Kuni, a game that probably would've been considered good but kind of bland during the late PS2 days. Failing that (because HOLY SHIT IT ACTUALLY HAS A WORLD MAP, something that's practically disappeared on PS2 onwards), then a similar game would've probably been considered dull on PS1. Certainly the DS game isn't much liked, and that actually gives a rough approximation of how it'd look on PS1, even if spells would work more like on PS3 probably. Though that does play very differently, so it's probably not the best example.

If anything, the Wii would have hurt its chances. The PS3 has a lot of jRPGs (of varying quality) and the Xbox has a bunch as well. The Wii has like 4. Last Story, Arc Rise Fantasia, Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World and Xenoblade. Or, and Rune Factory Frontier I guess. And most people wouldn't look at Arc Rise Fantasia or DotNW and say that they herald great things for Wii jRPGs. (Arc Rise Fantasia was pretty good, it just had a horrible first impression from the acting).